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The Advocate j Th« Brldg« Bttwaen T h « N«grt> and Whit» THE R » c « l In Oregon An In d tp tn d tn l AD VO C ATE P *p «r DavoUd to th « In terest* o/ th e P e o p le PO RTLAND , OR BOON SAT UR DAY, JUNE 24, 1931 VOLUME 2« — NO. 14 OUR GOAL T h e A d v o c a te In Cvary WI.rt» Horn« In Oregea In 1933 PRICK FIVE C E N T * WHITES COP FOREST JOBS iiniinnniiiNdiiiiiiinm—dm«—n NURSE SUES MRS. ABBOTT FOR SLANDER PU! REPUTATION! ACHIEVEMENT SEEN IN SYMPHONY A CHICAGO PREPARES FOR ••WHY NOT A M ILLIO N " ASKS MRS ABBOTT W HEN NURSE HAS SUED HER F O R 1100,000 Bl E N N IAL CONVENTION IN OHIO f INFORMEO - SCHOOL BOYS MAKE FU RNITURE PO STAL EMPLOYES PR EPA RE FOR W ASHINGTON, I) C June 23— tUy T W Anderson for A N. I*.)— The National Alliance of Poelal Employe» CHICAGO, June 13 (l.y Warren C. ,," dw1 by R,,y C W,lh,,"• ,h® pr®*®n' i Vlnaton for A N. IM -C h lc s g o . the Pre.MeBl, will O th er at Toledo, Ohio. NEGRO WOMAN'S WORK HEARD ATWORLDSFAIR The Advocate Commentator -B y - W ILLIAM T. AV IS | Spring Hope. N. C.. June 23— (By ! New York City. N. Y. \ A. K. P .)— Student* here in the high school have constructed many useful | T H E CHALLENGE OF articles for the home and farm use j RADICALISM AND The youths In an effort to beautify the j (B y Roer Rldier for the A N. P.) community have planted shrubbery CHICAGO, June 23— Performance of THE ANSW ER and trees around the school building, the Symphony In E. Minor, written b7 two churches, and almost a number Mrs. Florence E. Price, by the Chicago "It Is easy to aea that all great chan* of homes. Old shrubbery has been re Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Seek, gee have been due primarily to tbs arranged. conducting. Thursday evening, demon compulsion of circumstances rather strated with capital letter emphasis » a n to enlightened Intelligence.” — the panoramic emergence of the Ne- Stanton A Coblentg In his book “T h « <Hy I^vlttcur Brown for the A. N. P.) gro musician as a composer. Decline of Man." W A8H IN O TO N , June 23 — Some This symphony was presented ss a yearn ago. Senator Carter Glane, Vlr R is the tendency of pure reason, Soldier Field, Chicago, JuneU— The of a program, one of a series, spoil- girila* fanatical "white supremacy" xealot. arose In the senate and dlsput fastest 100-yard dash ever run by a sored by the Chicago Friends of Music Intelligence, logic to become solidified, ed the charge that the South violated high school athlete was paced off by in connection with World Fair enter- mummefied and set In a groove, a the federal constitution in depriving Jesse Owens, lithe Ea»t Tech. Cleve- talnment. Thursday evening s program marked channel and to regard them- the Negro of his right to vote. land. Negro. In the finals of the na- was devoted to the work of Negro mu »«Ives unshakable, immovable and In- "W e don't let him vote, all right." tionsl Interscholaatic meet today. sicians aa executants and aa compo dependent of change or revision. That the little sentaor declared. In e ffe c t.' With the wind at his back. Owens sers. As executants there were Roland *• not fault of reason. Intelligence "but we don't disobey the constitution, flashed down the cinder path In 9.4 Hayes, tenor, and Margaret Bond, pi or l°**c- hut of man that uses them We have found It necessary to Invent seconds for the century, clipping the anist; as composers. Mrs. Price, Harry ** instruments for his own ends, moat a system of ingenious devices to make world's high school record by .2 of a T. Burleigh and S. Coleridge Taylor. of tbe tini« »elfish ends, him politically Ineffective." second, the met record by 3 of s se- Edward Moore in the Tribune: Mrs. The white south ha* become expert conrt and equalling the fastest time Price is a Negro composer living In 11 * responsible individual should at deluding the express provisions of * 'rer matf® by * njr 8prln,er for R>e du" Chicago, and her symphony displayed “ >' ‘ b» t “ i8 lutte important to hav« • j high talent, both in what she did and religion but not morals the wise prea- any iaw or constitution Insofar »3 It U i M . ------------------------------ what she ommitled. each one of which chef would begin to examine religion vouchsafes right* >nt privileges to Negroes. It 1* now engaged In man- A T T 'Y . D. W. PE R K IN S AD M ITTED it a test fur a composer She has ba*- t»E n d out how It could produce a rad- TO U.3. SUPREME COURT ed her work on racial folk song Idioms »callsm like that. handling an amendment to the act au- -------- choosing some first rate melodies and « a responsible individual should ihorlxlng President Roosevelt's refor- Jacksonville, Fie . June 21—Retur- harmonising them fully and yet with <•? that he is an American clttxen and estration program. The amendment. In- troduced by Congressman DePrlest. nig from Washington City. Tuesday the essential simplicity that they de IMtrlot but that it Is unnecessary to Illinois, republican, stipulated that night of this week. Attorney D. W. mand. She would aeem to be well ac- adhere to the democracy and the con- there was to be no discrimination in Perklns was the proud possessor of quainted with the use of orchestral In- stltutlon of this country the wise »ta- the selection of workers based on race s license to practice law before the strumental color. With these merit* tesman will examine his country and United States Supreme Court, the high she has another and perhaps greater bi8 statesmanship to find out how It or color. est Court In the United States.. Per one. She knows how to be concis?, c°uld produce a radicalism like that, But southern whites are much too A man [na-v 8a>' that a stick has on- fo„ y ^ checked by any little a- kins was the only member of his Rac“ how to avoid overloading and elabor- In that long line of lawyers and naiu- ation. The performance made a well 'F one « nd- R would do little good to n„ . Illlment to a law whi,.h Mr. De- „ „ . , . argue the question with him. He might m,gb( deT„ e And thgy are not ” « " Ted hi8 sbar* of the » » “ ‘ n d‘‘8<?rTed »>*cess. j I do not know whether Mrs. Price t>rnTe i t The thing to do Is to exam- golng to ^ bamgtrtlI1g |n guch times tion and interest. He is now a member of the State is the first colored person to writ9 in* the stick. „ „ theBe For flve years now southern R does no good to say that radical- wbueg wbo were formerly too good Supreme Courts of North Carolina, such a major composition as a sym to do ord|narv breadcrumb jobs allot Tennessee. and Florida, as well as a j phony and o be blessed with the good i8m *8 a danger, that tt m "st be re USE DEVICES" TO BAR RACE (By A N P I Exposition boel ..I the National No- " n Au« u,t 16' ,n ,h®,r ' * y®n,h bl ®U "Heperete Maintenance". the high ■ ro Uolf Championships. la no amateur dial confab, with many hot fight* in prospect for various national office». society drama upon which the curtain m condili -tins uolf tournament». The The call for the ronvrnttou was in roae In May. 1912. when Robert 8 A h Chicago contIntent ably conducted 'he •tied a few day» ago. by the National bolt, millionaire publlaher, left hla Championships at Casa U n n i In 1930 Secretary of the organisation. Sidney home, to hi' aued ten daya later by and thru reiterated with a cnloaaal M Jackson, of Washington, I) C . and hla wife. Helen Thornton Abbott, for aurreaa at the exclusive Hunan llilla »e l» the lime of the opening meeting ac pa rate maintenance, waa exposed Country Club. Kankakoo, III . the sub a' ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. itila week aa a true life play with the aeijuenl year August 15. The meetings will continue propor I Ion« o f a ’ Htrang«* lnt«*r!u«l#*\ | Th«* 8uu*«»t llilla «radicate la work through the remainder of the week, Thua the aevenih *«*t diario*«»« M ri mu diligently In bringing About con with very elaborate programs haring Mary Kendall, otherwiae knoan aa np|ruoUM improvrmenta at the country been arranged by the committee» in Mlaa Nannie Halle Whitfield, former r |uj, K*, lj ten» la equipped with a near charge of this part of the convention. mirar ft»r tfcl llU J M p lM h fc if fiUnr ben« h llttd kOSM, tut 11 wu«tilng fumi The last session of ’ he Postal A lli the praecipe of a $100.000 aull for tie» and towel» The fairway» are de ance wa| held two years ago In Pltis- elandrr and defamation of character a- cidedly Improved. One can ra»ily get a burgh. Pa There will be many addi galnat Mra Abbott through her emin good, eofl braaala lie on a fairway tional features of (he meet this year, ent. former aeeletant United Staten At The »mall, tricky greens am like put which was prominent at Its last con torney. Hoher T llet»en ting carpeta. haring been reseeded In ventlou with a huge air mall flower The bill It »e lf I» being held up un early aprlug The greens are fast but Show, which drew the praise of many til the July term of court, but it I» un a properly hit " ‘tch »hot will atop Itn- high postal authorities, as well as a der«tnod that Mr« Kendall will charge mediately after hitting the turf The letter of praise from ex Postmaster- that the puhllNher'a wife ha« been tell* dnntnutlv«* and »n c r iftic man*g«*r Inc her 7 ? .««a*«*«I frien d « i h e t the ftuneAt Hllln Country Club. Vincent General, W alter G Brown. Tills year Farley. Postmaster- charge« conntaln««! in her amended ac II Johnnon. by fur th«* m<»*t widely lion James A tion against her hu«h«nd T h l« «mend known golfer In th«» W orld’« Fair City. Oeneral will be Invlled to the meeilng ment named Mr« Kendall, accusing wan in«trum«*nt«1 In bringing about wlth his staff Many changes are ronf-m plaled for her of adultery with Mr Abbott on that«* Improvement*. November 20. 1931. and «1 diver« time« ( Honter* «r e out «nnounrlng the na the executive structure of the Alliance this year and Ihe Constitution w l!' thereafter tional tournam«»nt« Sept. 2, 3, 4. which Mr* Kendall I* prepared to deny will be attend««! by contender« from bame numerous amendments offered when the delegates assemble at Tole- the charge« and to Inalat that Mr« Ab all part« o f the Unit««! State« bott’« by word «if mouth charge« hav« j ¡d<1 Whll the Postal Alliance Is perhaps resulted in definite Injury to her pro- " n" 0< O H widely heralded of nation. fi*««lonal reputation nl organisations. It is one which plays When flr«t Informed of the ault hr . a tremendous pari In the many com the A«aoctnt«Mt Negro Hr«»«« nnd told J i munltles throughmu which Its mem o f the amount Mr« Abbott repeated | bershlp Is scattered When It is known the figure« and a«k«*d a hit ciulxtlcally. I that there are now approximately "W h y not a million?** p orts Negro postal employes in the ' v h a v^iieen brush” ng up member of ,he Unlted s u ,e 8 District I fortune to have it played by a major 8<«ed. Radicalism is tired of logic, For her part.«he atate« that «he 1« United Stales Post Office Department ,h, „ . ‘ runi, „ ttnd i,.avln* the Negro CoUrt' the lT“ ,ted « ‘ • ‘ ••C irc u it Court | musical organliatlon. But she is the stereotyped forms and even the enligh prepar«*d to deny nnd disprove Mr« . drawing salaries scaled, before ecsns ,,(>lhln. ,h. rioor Thp thlrtv of A PPfals- and ‘ he UBl,^d Sta‘ « 8 Su- first one of her sex who can lay claim t«i>«d intelligence of democracies, as Kendall'« charge* and e*pre«sed no | my moves, at aproxlmately $45.000.000 dollar-A-month doll " m„ nth jobs ,ob. in in the Iht, foreats fore» ; 8 «pel Prt>me Court' ,0 * uch an «chlevement. It were bet competent as some o f them are. T h . alarm over the action which the ntir«*» Mr. Perkins has served for yers as ter, doubtless. to permit the music be8t waF 10 combat radicalism is to per year then the great power of this ,pd ,hp ram, r n e w d6al-- for poor had taken. meet radicalism. group of Rare workers as a bualness wh„ „ who had reached tn* ¿race Grand Attorney of Masons. Odd Fel (Continued on Page Four) I will mention only three thtnga and commodity unit can be more re- wher, th„ y could only reralI what lows and various other fraternal orga EDDIE ATK IN SO N HONORED adlly appreciated The Negro postal monl,y looked like But the law said nisations as well as Legal Advisor of -NO USE T R Y IN G TO RUN FROM whlch if corrected would take some Nashville. Tenn . June 23 (A N P )— A T LOYOLA TH E LORO. "S A Y S NEGRO BOY th® propS from under '■»«Re»«8» employees represent, also, the cresm that Np, n>e,, ,he “ big burly Negroes" the General Baptist State Convention General Chamlee, of Chaltanooga. and ______ A recognition of the impossible dis of the Race's talent and cultural el*- and t|,e "suspicious-looking on e s'. and other ^ llglou s organliatlon». lie !x»a Ang«*!#»«, Cai*. Jtin# 2 3 -A t th.» M *nam attornay for th«* nln«* Scotta- parities between those who have and Long Beach, Cal., June 22— The old ment. numbering, by far. more college abould have their proportionate share Is attorey of the N.A.A.C.P.. Negro rnmmenr^mcnt M a r c ii« of l»oyola Uni* h°ro boy* addr«*N*«»<l « «mali hut «p- saying that It la an 1U wind that blows tho8e who h* Te not * • » '* * ot graduates and college trained men of lh i But hungry southern Business Men’s League. no one good and that elements of good * * 5r,n‘ th*« we* lth " '“ •<'»“ • “ 7 dls- t T s T c h u w k V th 'im w . North In N w b - Profession or whites forget that Negroes get hungry June 3rd, at Curlhey Circle Theatre. Memphis, Tenn.. June 2 3 - (By A and calmne„ Can sometimes be found ,r,boted W eal‘ h 8houId not P«ccolat« occupation entered by Negroes, except too Eddie Atkinson, was awarded Ihe Tom Tenn.. Sunday afternoon urging N. P.1 - M is s Minnie Pearl Blount of ln bad conditlona and dig,urbed lU u- downward "> drlble‘ » ‘ o the few. It educational fields. So. In spite of Mr. DePrlest. In spite th(> clty waa lnstanuy kme,} Wednes should rise np from the many and l.leh award of ten dollar» T h l» award «•»•"« "> "O g k t for their right» or atlons are being emphasixed on the Pa- of the southern white friends of the day when a hit-run driver knocked her ctnc Coast ln a story Is given to the athlete making the they will die wblcb a Negro r« acb *•' Wealth 1» production. The Negro. In spite of the Urban league, Mr Hullette J Banks, writer of IV» highest scholastic average This marks under the wheels of a street car. Her la tbe center ot attractlon. P»°Ple Foduce The people are the ln s-pite of the National Association the second consecutive year Atkinson ralur. and the second witness chosen mother, who accompanied the glr' The story rung tbu8: tbe r e - 'on,y kind of wea,,h we haT® ,hat 18 to prove the ability of Negroes to has received this award jumped to safety Witnesses stated cent eartbquake which played havoc ¡woy,h wh_ ^ (Continued on Page Four) serve on Jprles spoke briefly and attor A ‘ recognition of the impossible in that the operator of the motor car was here takin|t a9 lt dtd a big toU ln Ufe “ ney Haskett of Nashville, who aided equalities of dtixens before the law. colored and property, a group of boys was FIRES A T BELLBOY ; HITS WOMEN General Chamlee In searching for That is a matter that is strenuously playing together Inside of a house. In various purls of the Alabama law. In Washington, June 22— Articles pu- denied and with equal persistence “ UNCLE JOHN DIES tbe gyoup was one Colored boy. Washington. June 23— Flmer W. troduced the famous Southern att'y. bllshed In the New York Age aud The practiced. Reforms in the ballot box. As the buildings began to tremble, Holland, white special policeman, took OGeneral Chamlee dug deeply Into Chicago Defender, purporting to re- > Nashville. Tenn.. June 21 “ Uncle raej and totter, the boys made a sud-. In the Jury system, in the freedom of a shot at a Colored bellboy Thursday (ba b„ art 0f the Scottshoro trial and present the endorsement of Cotnmu John Stewart, aged attendant at the den and wlld rugb for tbe door to the c,,,len *' 1 neducation. ln equal oppor afternoon anil missed him. Instead, he made an appeal to the audience as If iilmn by Dr. Mordecal Johnson, presi Federal building here, probably known outalde. wbe>n tbe keen excitement tuni,,f‘8 for 8,1 struck Miss la<lls Morrison, white, and they were jurors, drawing a verbal dent of Howard University, were the to more white people than any mem- bad gomewhat subsided and fear had A r* co* n,,lon of the Impossible con- killed her. It Is understood that he Is picture of the affair from the start to the subject of congressional consider- her of his race in the city, including ttbated t0 an apprecl,b le degree, it was d‘tfcm* of * " emPloi[ment and wa* « to he absolved ot blame because he In the arrest, using various phases ot ation Tuesday night and Wednesday Henry Allen Boyd, passed away at no,|ced by one of the white boys that I whf re ,wely® million men tended to hit the Colored boy. "Im bllllc evidence" advanced hy the when after Representative Butlwlnklo his little cabin home Tuesday morning. tbe N „ ^ wag not wUb tbe p a" d f» r n° faul‘ of ‘ heir own prosecution to show the ahsurdlty of of North Carolina had Informed the - - boasts was that he - had - . . . _ , . . are without bread. It might be that lj0 i Angeles. Calif., June 23— (By One of - - his hlch ran Into the out of doors. . . . . . . . the rase. ,, ,,,, , , . .. ... pure reason. Intelligence and logic are House concerning an article in the A N p ) _ one of the most unique shined the shoes of President McKin- Unwilling to proceed further with- The Reverend Arthur I). Williams of Chlcago paper In which the headline enterprises to come out of Hollywood ley. responsible for that condition. It was out knowledge of the whereabouts of ^ Clark Memorial Church, expressed his stated Dr. Johnson had endorsed tho so with Mr. Hoover It Is so with a lot a |0„ g time. Is the financing by their then absent companion, the boys d isapproval of the failure of the cltl- soviet regime. driven by the "compulsion of circum twelve million NegToes throughout A- LAUGHS AND LOSES $2,500 ventured back Into the house seeking ! lens o f Nashville to attend the af stances’' and not allow revolution to Wednesday, Congressman DePrlest merlcai of a gigantic motion picture, their Negro companion. To their utter fair. and many remarks were heard to arose to explain Dr. Johnson's post- gtarrlng Clarence Muse, colored mo do what evolution can do. Memphis. Tenn., June 32— When smaxement they found him where they the effect that "T h e Nation would tlon and called attention to the many tion picture actor, singer and compos the dancing and eating establishment All breeding grounds of radicalism all had been at the beginning of the are around these dump heaps which have something to be proud of In times public men are misquoted or ar> |n order to raise several thousand of Mrs. Cora McKinney was burned earthquake, and what more the Negro should be washed out Nashville when she lives up to her misinterpreted In the press He sx do||ara for the defense of the nine Ne- down a year ago. some white nelgh- boy had not budged one bit. | The democracy of this country Is suf tltle 'The Athens of the South' ,»nd pressed the conviction that Dr. John- gf,, youths In the famous Scottshoro bora came upon the scene and thought “ Why didn't you run? W eren't yon fic ie n tly intelligent and elastic to be learns how to discriminate between son Is not a Communist and had read case, now on trial for their lives at they observed her laughing They so scared?” the fear stricken white boys of Senators now. In other words poll wholesome and unwholesome Informs- Into the record a statement from the Birmingham. Alabama testified In Mrs. McKinney's suit to inquired of the Negro boy. tlcal mummification. In these days everybody is figuring tion.” • Howard president, published xl In in the ths ATrsmendoua campaign Is under obt8ln » 2 l0 ° it>8»r »n c e due on the "Y es I was scared all right," the N e how to get the most tor the money General I ha mice stated that: "Both colored press a week ago. ln which w#y (n wb|rb tbe gman gum 0f f iv0 building and Mrs. McKinney lost her! gro boy said, “ hut there ain't no use Huy NOW ? Yes, but wisely In laying of my grandparents were owners of hel.Iuntly said he was not a Comma- cents Is being collected from every Ne- 8“ » K IL L S A F T E R BEING TEASED trying to run from the Lord," the boy „ tb, tSateg Clarenc0 — In your supply of fuel, do not judge slaves and when they left to attend nut. concluded with great and obvious gro life. Its purpose Is to creata a While defending th. Howsrd pre.l- Muae and tb# otb„ mgmbarll o { tb(, by price onlyq. Taka Into considera the war leaving the slaves horns to Morganton, N.C., June 21— Soon nf- calmness and composure. tion that s ton of fiasco Briquets gives care for the family, and returned home dent. Mr. DePrlest again took occasion auportIng cagt, including every reput- proper understanding of the NegTO and The Incident and the statement by ter 10-year old John McElroth was hla life In this country and to best you one-third more usable heat_ than from the war not one of the family to express his own opposition to the abla colored fnm actor ,n Hollwood the Colored boy are being used by ml- 'stung by a wasp a few days ago, his down the bars of prejudice. had a single complaint to make con- Communist, and his belief that all „ ag tbg wbltg autbor and dlr* c. the best Utah or Wyoming coal. Placing of the largest Culrer City nlsters and religious leaders of the na | brother, anlel and several other play- cernlng those blacks W e loved them American schools, whether for white tor of tbe picture, will all contribute Therefore at the reduced summor studio at the disposal of those Interest tion to emphasire the Impossibility of mates nicknamed him “ Wanp." John and they loved us, and as long a* I or colored, should be observed for any IbP|r gery|Cea gratis The $50,000 col ed In making this picture and cooper- escaping the Inexorable laws ot God did not like the name, but hts brother price, Uasco Briquets are far cheaper. am able to practice law. I shall stand evidences of Communistic taint. lected will be used purely for produc persisted ln tacking it on him. Mon tion of several of our most prominent *nd Justice. Order your Gaaro Briquets Now t s for every phase of the Constitution |n response to the suggestion that , i„ n purposes, day. John seixed a shotgun, chased Jewish film executives, is said to have . . . that's "buying wisely.” You can ns I swore to It when I took my oath.'the activities of Dr. Johnson be In- Daniel, 12 years old. Into the house, The feature Is not planned as a hen offered principally as a result of FONUNO DEAD ON TR AC K S pay In the Fall. Place your order now I took It as did every lawyer In Ten- quired Into, the Illinois congressman propaganda picture. It will he a saga the reoet|. ugly, anti Jewish Hitlerite Orangeburg, 8. C. June 23— The and blew hla brains out. with a (las Company representative or neasen, and I suppose In Alabama did volunteered to prepare a resolution of the American Negro, depleting hla activities ln Germany, these film folk mangled body of an 13-year-old youth hy culling at Public Service building. like wise.” requiring scrutiny of all the nntlon's love of home, religious ecstacles, re"i believing that a victory against op- latre Identified as Phillip Jamison, Sixth nnd Hnlmon streets, or phone Please come In and pay for your Ival meetings, songfests. camp meet-1 presslon for any race will doubtless was found early Wednesday morning BU 7911— Adv. I (Continued on page two) SUBSCRIBE FOR TH E ADVOCATE Advocate subscription. jlngs. and other typical phases of N e-'m ake tho way easier for them. on the Southern Railway tracks. rHlCAOO. June 11 FARM BOV WINS PRIZE “FIGHT OR DIE” SAVS scons- |,h*B *"y °,hBr DE PRIEST DENIES CHARGES A- GAINST JOHNSON PROPOSE GIGANTIC 10 Bny Now But buy Wisely! j i